Samsung Internet Browser (or simply Samsung Internet or ''S Browser'') is a mobile web browser for

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and tablets developed by

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. It is based on the

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project. It comes pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy devices. Since 2015, it has been available for download from Google Play, and recently it is also available for their

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-based smartwatch via the Samsung Galaxy Store. Samsung estimated that it had around 400 million

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in 2016. According to StatCounter, it had a market share of around 4.98% (among 53.26% for all Chrome variants) around May 2018. Most of the code differences to the standard Chromium code base were introduced in order to support Samsung-specific hardware, such as

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and biometric sensors.

History

Samsung Internet replaced the stock Android browser as the default on Samsung Galaxy devices in 2012. Around early 2013, it was decided to base the browser on Chromium, and the first Chromium-based version was shipped with an S4 model later that year.

Support

The later version (v6.2) of Samsung Internet for Android supports all Android 5.0 and above phones. Previously, (v5.0) Samsung Internet for Android was only supported on Samsung Galaxy and Google Nexus phones with Android 5.0 and above.

Features

* Content blocking extensions * Gear VR and DeX integration * KNOX Support * Tabbed browsing with up to 99 tabs, where opening the 100th tab closes the earliest tab. * Bookmark Synchronisation * Ad Blocking * Reading Mode * Saved Pages * "Secret mode" and

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(unavailable in Knox-tripped devices, which is disabled by ''

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'' hardware upon unlocking the bootloader) * Secure Web Auto Login * SPen features * find on pages * Support for service workers an
Push API
* Dark Mode * Customise Menu * Video Assistant * QR code scanner * Smart anti tracking The ''Saved Pages'' feature has been criticized for lack of data portability, due to the pages being stored in a locked directory from which they can not be

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ed and

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by the user.

References

External links

Samsung Internet Developer hub
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